Well I felt I just HAD to do a post today. Not just because it's Memorial Day and the end of a holiday weekend. But really because it's the very last day of May, and I realized I haven't written all month. Where does all the time go?
Well I suppose this will end up being a recap of sorts. We're still deep in the Covid bubble, but things have been improving steadily as of late. We're expecting that by June 15, restrictions will be eased up significantly and we may be able to plan for a normal fall semester. Well, closer to normal anyway. At least, not as ridiculous as the last two semesters have been.
But yes, the semester is over at Sac State. We made it through, somehow, and students still did their recitals and graduated and went through Carmencement - the drive through commencement organized by Sac State. I'm not entirely sure how this summer is going to go, as once again we have no summer camps going on. So the workload, which plummeted in March 2020, continues to sit near the bottom of a chasm.
Today was hot. Quite hot. TOO hot. It was the first 100 degree day of 2021 I believe, and it sure felt like it. We haven't gotten much rain this season, so I fear this summer will be long and dry and full of wildfires. Great. Just what we needed.
But I started off this morning bright and early at 7:00 AM with a 4-mile bike ride to Old Town, followed by a 5 mile walk along the River Walk in West Sac and around downtown Sacramento a little bit. I had never actually done the River Walk on that side of the Tower Bridge, so it was a new experience. And although the day promised to be impossibly hot, the morning was still quite nice, at that early hour anyway. But I was actually looking for a little breakfast. Finally found a Subway that was open, after passing by a couple that were closed. And then I finished off my early morning escapade with a 4-mile bike ride back home. I was actually home by 10:00 AM, and even at that early hour, it was hot. Quite hot. TOO hot.
So, I regret to admit that I've spent the rest of the day cooped up at home with the air conditioner conservatively set at 79 and yet struggling to keep up. I did do laundry, so that was something. And I read a bit. Napped a bit. Ate a bit. Typically holiday repertoire.
And now, as the sun is dropping low on the horizon and the temperature is plummeting to a less balmy 99 degrees, I suppose I should show some initiative and get outside for so (more or less) fresh air and exercise. I'm still admittedly a little sore from the two days in a row of bowling, first on Connor's little playdate and then with just the two of us (he really really really wanted to go again). It's amazing sometimes how your body protests things it used to do with regular gusto. Lack of consistency mixed with getting older, I guess. I am not going to age gracefully, but rather kicking and screaming.
Well, unless I'm too sore or tired for all that, in which case I'll probably just take a nap.
But that about wraps up May, now onto June! The month I should be moving into my new townhome, which was delayed from the end of March, and is now postponed to the end of October. But that's another story for another time.
Goodbye May!
